screenwriter

noun

screen·​writ·​er ˈskrēn-ˌrī-tər How to pronounce screenwriter (audio)
: a writer of screenplays

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Littman and Captain Phillips screenwriter Billy Ray have been organizing a phone bank in Westwood on Sunday. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 For now, screenwriters and novelists aren’t at risk of losing their jobs. Haoran Chu, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024 Jude Law makes his Star Wars debut in first Skeleton Crew trailer Skeleton Crew was created by screenwriter Chris Ford and Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts (perhaps explaining why Destin Daniel Cretton is replacing Watts as director of the next Tom Holland Spider-Man movie). Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024 With Sully, Eastwood and screenwriter Todd Komarnicki use the incident as a focal point to which the film keeps circling back, treating it as the few telling moments to which Sully’s moments have been building, and which would define the rest of his life. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for screenwriter 

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of screenwriter was in 1913

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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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screenwriter

noun
screen·​writ·​er -ˌrīt-ər How to pronounce screenwriter (audio)
: a writer of screenplays
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